Progress in the National Parks 



II 



It is hoped that means will be provided for this in the near 

 future. 



General Grant National Park depends for its development, 

 in much the same way as Sequoia, upon the outcome of the 

 Roosevelt National Park project. It lies upon one of the natural 

 roads of access to the Kings Canon and will be one of the prin- 

 cipal gateways to the larger park. During the past season it has 

 been exceedingly popular and has been the summer home of 

 many families from the San Joaquin Valley. 



The year has been a busy one in all the other national parks, 

 but to adequately present their stories would require many 

 pages. So for the benefit of those who are interested in them I 

 can merely refer once more to my annual report to the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior. 



The members of the National Park Service have so many 

 personal friends among the membership of the Sierra Club that 

 before concluding these remarks I would like to mention cer- 

 tain changes in the personnel of the Service. On June lo, 1919, 

 Horace M. Albright, who was assistant director of the Na- 

 tional Park Service from its inception, and who is himself a 

 member of the Sierra Club, was appointed superintendent of 

 Yellowstone National Park. He was succeeded as assistant 

 director by Arno B. Cammerer, formerly assistant secretary of 

 the National Fine Arts Commission. Robert Sterling Yard, 

 chief of the Educational Division of the Service, resigned on 

 June 30, 1 91 9, to become executive secretary of the newly or- 

 ganized National Parks Association. D. L. Raeburn, superin- 

 tendent of Mount Rainier National Park, was granted indefi- 

 nite leave of absence on April 16,1919, and on May loth Major 

 Roger W. Toll was appointed to fill the vacancy. William H. 

 Peters, assistant engineer, was designated as acting superinten- 

 dent of Grand Canon National Park on August 2, 1919. 



In conclusion permit me to summarize some of the more 

 pressing requirements of the Service and the various parks and 

 to bespeak from the Sierra Club a continuance of its valued in- 

 terest and assistance : 



I. An increase in the personnel of the Washington office of 

 the Service, and a general expansion of the bureau in other di- 



